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Sport letters and emails: November 8

This week readers look back on an impressive Rugby World Cup as well as the continuing crisis at Chelsea football club

The Sunday Times

December 28 2014, 12:01am, The Sunday Times

Congratulations to all involved in your coverage of the World Cup final and the comprehensive analysis of the entire competition. I even found myself agreeing with most of Stephen Jones’ contributions.Gavin Pike, via email

I assume Stephen Jones was on autowrite when he wrote that Ben Smith was sent to the sin-bin for a cynical killing of the ball in the RWC final.Gwilym Hughes, via email

As a young(ish) referee, I was told that with rugby union being such a technical game, in which every player was trying to gain a slight advantage not allowed within a literal interpretation of the laws (ie ‘cheating’), the secret of a good referee was not what he could stop but what he could let go. I…

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